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Gayland Kitch <gkitch@CI.MOORE.OK.US> wrote:

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>There's a couple of problems here.  First, most of the sirens in existance are
> old - 60's & 70's vintage - and were purchased with Federal money.  The 
> primary use of the sirens  was to warn of impending nuclear attack; using them > for tornado or other warnings has been secondary (in the Federal mind).  The > Feds no longer feel the attack threat, and therefore money for siren purchase,
> maintenance, repair, upgrade, etc, has gone away.  Any upgrades now have to > be funded locally.
>

Well, almost.  Not all communities installed sirens with Federal $$
for nuclear warnings.  Dallas, for example chose to do this based upon
the 1957 tornado to provide warning for tornados.  Some of the
alternatives examined were real kewl, "aerial bombs" comes to mind.

The Feds have funded the "warning" part of their Emergency Management
Assistance Program for a long time.  Going back into the mid 80s or
earlier.
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